{"product_id":"slut-shamed-alicia-bayer-9798838920027","title":"Slut Shamed: Inappropriate Feminist Poems","description":"In the second book of the Poems from the Attic poetry series, Alicia Bayer explores topics such as marriage, sexuality, sexual abuse and the labels we give women.\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEver After\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eit is twenty\u003cbr\u003eyears later. snow white, \u003cbr\u003eas she is still known, \u003cbr\u003eis thirty-two. she sees\u003cbr\u003ethe pleating of the skin\u003cbr\u003earound her eyes, the droop\u003cbr\u003eof his favorite breasts, \u003cbr\u003ethe lumps beneath\u003cbr\u003ewhat was always firm. she sits\u003cbr\u003ein front of an old mirror, \u003cbr\u003einherited from a woman once young.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ein the next kingdom, cinderella\u003cbr\u003ehas cast off her slippers.\u003cbr\u003eher feet, swollen from pregnancies and winters, \u003cbr\u003eare constant reminders of\u003cbr\u003ewhat no longer fits.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ebriar rose takes prozac\u003cbr\u003ebut still cannot sleep without fear\u003cbr\u003eof who she'll wake up to, \u003cbr\u003ewho she'll wake up as.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ethe princes, with their little pot bellies\u003cbr\u003eare eying each other's daughters\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eand the queens\u003cbr\u003ethose nasty bitches\u003cbr\u003ejust laugh and laugh.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlicia Bayer had published over a hundred poems and performed poetry readings in person and on local television before putting her poems away to \"get her sh*t together,\" get a proper job, become a respected author and raise five children. Over twenty-five years later, she rescued her boxes of words and compiled them into a series of books in the Poems from the Attic series. The first book of the series, Crazy Broken Thing, explored issues of mental illness. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Minnesota State Arts Board helped fund this project.\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Alicia Bayer\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798838920027\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/30\/2022\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 134\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.50lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.61h x 6.69w x 0.29d","brand":"Alicia Bayer","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48852079476991,"sku":"9798838920027","price":12.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/slut-shamed-alicia-bayer-9798838920027","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}